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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures, female organs

Emptying the uterus for a molar pregnancy

CPT 59870the billing code this page is about

Removes abnormal placental tissue (hydatidiform mole) from the uterus by evacuation and curettage.

Hospitals typically charge $1,708 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 512 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,325. Most fall between $869 and $5,339 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
512
States
46
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 512 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$631$945$1,708$4,210$8,592

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($631 vs $8,592).

How the prices are spread

$485 – $654: 35 hospitals$485$654 – $882: 53 hospitals$882 – $1,188: 51 hospitals$882$1,188 – $1,602: 74 hospitals$1,602 – $2,159: 38 hospitals$1,602$2,159 – $2,910: 21 hospitals$2,910 – $3,922: 76 hospitals$2,910$3,922 – $5,286: 36 hospitals$5,286 – $7,125: 42 hospitals$5,286$7,125 – $9,604: 39 hospitals$7,125median $1,708price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (465 of 512 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$485$65435
$654$88253
$882$1,18851
$1,188$1,60274
$1,602$2,15938
$2,159$2,91021
$2,910$3,92276
$3,922$5,28636
$5,286$7,12542
$7,125$9,60439

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,307
Median cash price$1,708
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.52×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,708.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,195 across 12 hospitalsWA$1,195Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,467 across 21 hospitalsMN$1,467Illinois: median $983 across 18 hospitalsIL$983Wisconsin: median $1,695 across 29 hospitalsWI$1,695Michigan: median $837 across 32 hospitalsMI$837New York: median $2,142 across 38 hospitalsNY$2,142Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,284 across 19 hospitalsOR$1,284Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,230 across 26 hospitalsIA$1,230Indiana: median $631 across 10 hospitalsIN$631Ohio: median $5,062 across 29 hospitalsOH$5,062Pennsylvania: median $5,375 across 10 hospitalsPA$5,375New Jersey: median $4,243 across 30 hospitalsNJ$4,243Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,604 across 44 hospitalsCA$9,604Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $799 across 12 hospitalsMO$799Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $880 across 13 hospitalsOK$880Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,427 across 23 hospitalsTX$3,427Florida: median $3,192 across 11 hospitalsFL$3,192
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,708. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA44$9,604+462%$1,280 – $9,604
Pennsylvania PA10$5,375+215%$3,728 – $6,504
Ohio OH29$5,062+196%$1,189 – $5,835
New Jersey NJ30$4,243+148%$3,519 – $5,339
Texas TX23$3,427+101%$3,235 – $3,427
Florida FL11$3,192+87%$1,708 – $3,842
New York NY38$2,142+25%$884 – $3,763
Wisconsin WI29$1,695−1%$1,490 – $3,920
Minnesota MN21$1,467−14%$946 – $1,926
Oregon OR19$1,284−25%$984 – $1,554
Iowa IA26$1,230−28%$972 – $1,261
Washington WA12$1,195−30%$984 – $3,802
Illinois IL18$983−42%$631 – $2,238
Oklahoma OK13$880−48%$880 – $6,482
Michigan MI32$837−51%$647 – $1,490
Missouri MO12$799−53%$780 – $7,589
Indiana IN10$631−63%$594 – $1,877
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,708.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care392$2,645$880 – $5,835
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access115$1,294$799 – $2,172
Ownership
For-profit47$3,456$647 – $8,592
Government88$1,559$916 – $3,763
Non-profit377$1,707$849 – $5,419
System affiliation
Part of a system401$2,088$880 – $5,571
Independent111$1,452$785 – $3,531

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,956
Median cash price$1,708
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

276 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,327 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,905; most fall between $741 and $5,571.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 276 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$539$868$1,327$3,531$9,040

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($539 vs $9,040).

Of the 321 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 276 gave a usable cash price; 28 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 17 a list price only.

How complete is this

512 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 574 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted512
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here51
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code574

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures, female organs family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Evacuate Mole of Uterus.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Emptying the uterus for a molar pregnancy (CPT 59870) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-59870-emptying-the-uterus-for-a-molar-pregnancy